Dogs bite senior citizen on buttocks

A St Mary senior citizen is nursing injuries to his butt cheeks after he was bitten by dogs.

Gladstone Leslie said on Saturday morning, he was fishing in the Wag Water River when he saw a boy heading in his direction with three dogs.

"He pass mi with them and go a little further, and him a throw sticks in the water and dem go fi dem and carry dem back. Afterwards him start come over to where mi deh and mi say, 'Yute, don't come over here suh with dem dog deh', but him still come cross and a say dem nah trouble mi," he said.

Leslie said that mere seconds after, two of the dogs rushed towards him.

Jump in the water

"So mi start try defend mi self and a move from them back way. The other dog attack mi back way so mi had to turn around, and by the time mi turn around, the next two grab mi on mi buttocks. The only alternative I had was to jump in the water, and dem jump in with mi and mi start swim away from them but them couldn't catch up to mi because dogs swim slow," he said.

Leslie said he reported the matter to the Annotto Bay police after which he sought medical attention.

"When mi reach the hospital and get the injections, mi all faint way after mi get them. Mi in talks with one a the owners of the dogs, and yuh done know, mi is an ordinary Jamaican, so mi tell her to just give mi a ting (money), and she say she not going to give me so I can go ahead and sue her. So mi going to just go by the courts tomorrow (today) and do what needs to be done," he said. The Annotto Bay police have confirmed receiving a report of the incident.